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	Amend CSHB 1434 (House Committee Report) as follows:                         

(1)  Strike SECTIONS 3 and 4 of the bill (page 1, line 24 	through page 2, line 24).
	(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
the bill:          
	SECTION __. Section 466.101, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 466.101.  PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES.  Except as otherwise 
provided by this subchapter, the general law governing purchasing 
and contracts by state agencies applies to the commission. 
[(a)  The executive director may establish procedures for the 
purchase or lease of facilities, goods, and services and make any 
purchases, leases, or contracts that are necessary for carrying out 
the purposes of this chapter.  The procedures must, as determined 
feasible and appropriate by the executive director, promote 
competition to the maximum extent possible.
	[(b)  In all procurement decisions, the executive director 
shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the 
lottery and shall act to promote and ensure integrity, security, 
honesty, and fairness in the operation and administration of the 
lottery and the objective of producing revenues for the state 
treasury.
	[(c)  The procurement procedures adopted by the executive 
director must, as determined feasible and appropriate by the 
executive director, afford any party who is aggrieved by the terms 
of a solicitation or the award of a contract an opportunity to 
protest the executive director's action to the commission.  The 
protest procedures must provide for an expedient resolution of the 
protest in order to avoid substantially delaying a solicitation or 
contract award that is necessary for the timely implementation of a 
lottery game.  A protest must be in writing and be filed with the 
commission not later than 72 hours after receipt of notice of the 
executive director's action.
	[(d)  A party who is aggrieved by the commission's resolution 
of a protest under Subsection (c) may file an action in the district 
court of Travis County.  The court shall give preference to hearings 
and trials of actions under this section.  If the party filing the 
action seeks to enjoin the implementation of a solicitation or 
contract, the party shall post a bond that is payable to the state 
if the party does not prevail in the appeal, and is in an amount 
sufficient to compensate the state for the revenue that would be 
lost due to the delay in lottery operations.
	[(e)  The commission shall require any person seeking to 
contract for goods or services relating to the implementation and 
administration of this chapter to submit to competitive bidding 
procedures in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.  The 
procedures must be for the purpose of ensuring fairness and 
integrity.]
	(3)  On page 22, line 20, between "466.003," and 
"467.032(c),", insert "466.102, 466.104, 466.105, 466.106, 
466.107, 466.108,".
	(4)  On page 24, strike lines 13 through 19 and substitute 
the following:    
	(d)  The change in law made by this Act governing purchasing 
and contracts by the Texas Lottery Commission applies to a purchase 
or contract made on or after the effective date of this Act, except 
that a contract or purchase for which the initial notice soliciting 
bids or proposals or other applicable expressions of interest is 
given before that date is governed by the law in effect when the 
initial notice for the contract or purchase is given, and the former 
law is continued in effect for that purpose.  The change in law made 
by this Act does not affect a contract entered into before the 
effective date of this Act, and does not apply to a purchase made on 
or after the effective date under a contract entered into before the 
effective date if the purchase is made during the period covered by 
the contract.
	(5)  Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.